280 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



white with lilac or pale brown markings disposed 

 in a zone at the larger end, or pale salmon 

 colour, with dull red markings distributed in 

 the same way. 



The distribution of this bird in the British 

 Islands is very partial, for it is unknown in 

 Ireland, of rare occurrence in Scotland, and in 

 England is found chiefly in the midland and 

 southern counties. During the summer months 

 it is generally dispersed throughout Europe and 

 the temperate parts of Siberia, and as autumn 

 approaches, it crosses the Mediterranean into 

 Africa, where it travels down the east coast 

 through Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, to Natal, 

 and on the west coast has been met with in 

 Great Namaqua Land, Damara Land, and the 

 Okavango region, where, according to An- 

 dersson, it breeds. 1 



Breeding in its winter quarters ? Well, that 

 is the question. Can the birds which Anders- 

 son found nesting in South-west Africa in our 



1 " The Birds of Damara Land," p. 136. 



